Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
Religions get lost as people do.
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.
Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.
Every religion or every philosophy is an outcome of the human search for liberation.